at Donal.
"Better than drinking. Pretty lady asks questions, what can I do? Didn't know for sure what they were carrying. Had our guesses. Take more men than we had to find out."
Kiron
To ask well, to answer rightly,
Are the marks of a wise man.
The guards at the door came to attention, spear butts striking the stone floor precisely together. Slender, medium height, scarred face—the visitor came into the governor's office, dropped to one knee.
"Highness."
"Commander. Your news?"
"This morning a rider came in. Raven clan—from the supply train that set out four days ago. He says the wagons were attacked by raiders—Eagles. Taken, the guards killed or driven off."
"How big was the escort?"
"Twenty riders, a dozen crossbows. He says the attackers were two or three times their number."
"Why would they be raiding a supply caravan? Is there any word of famine on the plains?"
The commander